Osun monarch, Chadian, youth corps member nabbed for drug trafficking
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate headed by a couple: Agbakoba John Mmadu, and Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe as well as their associate, Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane.
Large consignments of the class A drug meant for export and local distribution were recovered.
The raid, carried out by a special operations unit of the agency, followed months of intelligence gathering and surveillance on the syndicate’s notoriety for packaging, distribution and trafficking of cocaine within and outside Nigeria.
Agbakoba John Mmadu, 54, was arrested at Ago palace way, Okota, while his wife, Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe, 39, and associate, Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane, 31, were nabbed at Plot 2205, Eugene Ndubisi Close, Lilly Estate, in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos, all on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.
While seven parcels of cocaine with a total weight of 7.652kg were recovered from Mmadu at Ago Palace Way, about 122 compressed pellets of the same drug weighing 2.42kg were seized from the duo of Ijeoma and Ifeoma at Lilly Estate, bringing the total seizure to 10.1kg worth over N2.1 billion in street value.
In the same vein, NDLEA operatives in Benue State, on Thursday, July 4, intercepted a consignment of 350gm of cocaine at a checkpoint along Enugu road, Otukpo.
The illicit drug was concealed in an MP3 speaker sent as a waybill parcel. A swift follow up operation at Flight motor park in Otukpo led to the arrest of the owner, 25-year-old Odeh Anthony.
NDLEA officers on a stop and search operation along Ngurore – Yola road in Adamawa State on Wednesday, July 3, arrested a Chadian, Yves Ahmat Gali, in a commercial bus coming from Kano to Yola. The suspect was found with a loudspeaker used to conceal 20 compressed blocks, and nine plastic containers of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 5.200kg.
In Kano, operatives on Wednesday, July 3, arrested a youth corps member, Yusuf Abdulrahman, 25, at Corpers Lodge, in the Sumaila area of the city, with 1.250kg of Loud, while in Osun State, the head of Akarabata community in Ile-Ife, Ba’ale Ige Babatunde, 50, was on Friday, July 5, arrested with fresh cannabis plants that weighed 5kg.
Two suspects: Monday Ali, 49, and Jimoh Alewi, 37, were arrested when NDLEA operatives raided Ikota forest in Ifedore Local Council of Ondo State where 42,500kg of cannabis was destroyed on 17 hectares of farmland while 73.5kg of the same substance was recovered for the prosecution of the suspects during a five-day operation that ended on Monday, July 1.
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